Keep It Clean! - A Pro Cleaning Industry Podcast

I Started My Company With A Toolbox, I Had Nothing Else.

May 11, 2021 Dane Gregory/Barry Costa Season 1 Episode 17
Keep It Clean! - A Pro Cleaning Industry Podcast
I Started My Company With A Toolbox, I Had Nothing Else.
Show Notes

Listen to this latest interview with special guest Barry Costa. Barry talks about his start in the cleaning and restoration world while working with his Dad in the 1960’s and 70’s as a helper and starting his own company while working as a school teacher in New Hampshire. 

 

He is an award winning school teacher and if you have had the great fortune of taking any of his restoration or installation classes, you know that this is a true statement. He is an outstanding educator and is able to combine his passions of education and restoration work.

 

Barry talks about his entry into the industry and his time as an industry volunteer with IICRC. Barry has a passion for helping the education portion of our industry. He spent many years as the Education Committee chairman of the IICRC to help us understand the education challenges of adult learning and how to add a practical element to our training courses. 

 

Give this episode a listen and hear from one of the most popular instructors in our world and his personal story of his startup. Barry Costa is one of the good guys that has spent a lot of energy to make our businesses better.